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DE "WITT'S 

ETHIOPIAN AND COMIC DRAMA 



THE MOTOR BELLOWS. 


.A. COMEDY, 


In One _A_ct and One Scene. 


By WILLIAM COURTRIGHT, 

Author of “Private Boarding “ Zacharias ’ Funeral ete. 


As Performed at the Metropolitan Theatre, Indianapolis, 

Ind., December 3, 1873. 


TO WHICH ARK ADDED, 

A Description of the Costumes - Cast of the Characters—Entrances 
and Exits—Relative Positions of the Performers on the 
Stage and the whole of the Stage Busmess. 



New Y ork, 

CLINTON T. DE WITT, PUBLISHER, 

Xo. 33 Rose Street. 



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list of De Witt’s Acting Plays” are very suitable for representation in small Amateur Thea¬ 
tres and on Parlor Stages , as they need but little extrinsic aid from complicated scenery or 
expensive costumes. They leave attained their deserved popularity by their droll situations f 
excellent plots , great humor and brilliant dialogues , no less than by the fact that they are the 
most perfect in every respect of any edition of plays ever published either in the United States 
or Europe , whether as regards purity of the text , accuracy and fulness of stage directions and 
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Xfi&T The figure following the name of the Play denotes the number of 
Acts. The figures in the columns indicate the number of characters—M. male; 
F. female. 

No. M. 

75. Adrienne, drama, 3 acts. 7 

I 114. Anything for a Change, comedy, 1 3 

167. Apple Blossoms, comedy, 3 acts_ 7 

93. Area Belle (The), farce, 1 act. 3 

40. Atchi, comedietta, 1 act. 3 

89. Aunt Charlotte’s Maid, farce. 1 act.. 3 

192. Game of Cards (A), comedietta, 1 3 
166. Bardett vs. Pickwick, sketch, 1 act. 6 

41. Beautiful Forever, farce, 1 act. 2 

141. Bells (The), drama, 3 acts. 9 

67. Birthplace of Podgers, farce, 1 act.. 7 

36. Black Sheep, drama, 3 acts.7 

160. Blow for Blow, drama, 4 acts.11 

70. Bonnie Fish Wife, farce, 1 act.3 

179. Breach of Promise,, drama, 2 acts.. 5 
25. Broken-Hearted Club, comedietta, 1 4 

24. Cabman, No. 93, farce, 1 act.... 2 

1. Caste, comedy, 3 acts. 5 

69. Caught by the Cuff, farce, 1 act__ 4 

175. Cast upon the World, drama, 5 acts. 10 
55. Catharine Howard, historical play, 

3 acts. .12 

80. Charming pair, farce, 1 act. 4 

65. Checkmate, comedy, 2 acts. 6 

68. Chevalier de St. George, drama, 3 9 

76. Chops of the Channel, farce, 1 act. 3 

149. Clouds, comedy, 4 acts.8 

121. Comical Countess, farce, 1 act.3 

107. Cupboard Love, farce, 1 act.„ 2 

152. Cupid’s Eye-Glass, comedy, 1 act... 1 

52. Cup of Tea, comedietta, 1 act. 3 

148. Cut off with a Shilling, comedietta, 

1 act... 2 

113. Cyrill’s Success, comedy, 5 acts_10 

199. Captain of the Watch (The), come¬ 
dietta, 1 act.4 

20. Daddy Gray, drama, 3 acts.8 

4. Dandelion’s Dodges, farce, 1 act_4 

22. David Garrick, comedy, 3 acts. 8 

96. Dearest Mamma, comedietta, 1 act, 4 

16. Dearer than Life, drama, 3 acts_ 6 

58. Deborah (Leah) drama, 3 acts. 7 

125. Deerfoot, farce, 1 act.5 

71. Doing for the Best, drama, 2 acts.. 5 
142. Dollars and Cents, comedy, 3 acts.. 9 


F. 

3 

3 

3 

2 

2 

3 

1 

2 

3 

3 

3 

5 

6 
1 
2 
8 
2 
3 
1 
5 

5 

3 

5 

3 
2 
7 
1 
1 
1 
1 

1 

4 


No. 

21 . 

186. 

47. 

13.. 

200 . 

103. 

9. 

128. 

101 . 

99. 

145. 

102 . 

88 . 

74. 

53. 

73. 

30. 

131. 

28. 

151. 

8 . 

180. 

19. 

60. 

187. 

174. 

64. 

190 

191. 

197. 

18. 

116. 


129. 
159. 
122 . 
177. 
100 . 
139. 
17. 

3 ; 86. 

4 72. 


Dreams, drama, 5 acts.. 

Duchess de la Valliere, play, 5 acts.. 

Easy Shaving, farce, 1 act. 

Everybody’s Friend, comedy, 3 acts. _ 

Estranged, an operetta, 1 act. 2 

Faust and Marguerite, drama, 3 acts, 9 
Fearful Tragedy in the Seven Dials, 

interlude, 1 act. 4 

Female Detective, drama, 3 acts ....11 

Femande, drama, 3 acts. 11 

Fifth Wheel, comedy, 3 acts_10 

First Love, comedy, 1 act.I 4 

Foiled, drama. 4 acts .. . 9 

Founded on Facts, farce, 1 act.. .. 4 

Garrick Fever, farce, 1 act. 7 

Gertrude’s Money Box, farce, 1 act. 4 
Golden Fetter (Fettered), drama, 3 11 
Goose with the Golden Eggs, farce, 

1 act. 5 

Go to Putney, farce, 1 act. 4 

Happy Pair, comedietta, 1 act...!!! 1 

Hard C ise (A), farce, 1 act.2 

Henry Dunbar, drama, 4 acts. 10 

Henry the Fifth, historical play, 5 38 

He s a Lunatic, farce, 1 act.'_ 3 

Hidden Hand, drama, 4 acts . 5 

His Own Enemy, farce, 1 act. 4 

Home, comedy, 3 acts. 4 

Household Fa'irv, sketch, 1 act! !! 1 
Hunting the Slipper, farce, 1 act.... 4 

High C, comedietta, 1 act. 4 

Hunchback (The), plav, 5 acts. 11 

If I Had a Thousand a Year, farce, 

1 act. 4 

I'm Not Mesilf at All, original Irish 

stew, 1 act. 3 

In for a Holiday, farce, 1 act....... 2 

In the Wrong House, farce, 1 act..! 4 

Isabella Orsini, drama, 4 acts. 11 

I Shall Invite the Major, comedy, 1 4 

Jack Long, drama, 2 acts. 9 

Joy is Dangerous, comedy, 2 acts... 3 
Kind to a Fault, comedy, 2 acts.... 6 

Lady of Lyons, play, 5 acts...12 

Lame Excuse, farce, 1 act. 4 









































































THE MOTOR BELLOWS, 

(ffomciriL 

m ONE ACT AND ONE SCENE. 

J 

By WILLIAM COUKTRIGHT. 


AS P.&RFORMED AT THE METROPOLITAN THEATRE, INDIANAPO¬ 
LIS, IND., DEC. 3, 1373. 



TO WHICH ARE ADDED 


DESCRIPTION OF THE COSTUMES—CAST OF THE CHARACTERS—EN¬ 
TRANCES AND EXITS—RELATIVE POSITIONS OF THE PER¬ 
FORMERS ON THE STAGE, AND THE WHOLE 
OF THE STAGE BUSINESS. 



CLINTON T. DE WITT, PUBLIS.SLEiV, 

No. 33 Rose Street. 

(BETWEEN DUANE A'D FRANKFORT BTr.~F.T5.) 

Copyright, 1877, by Clinton T. Da Witt. 







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THE MOTOR BELL 


CAST OF CHARACTERS. x 


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Metropolitan Theatre , 
Indianapolis , Z)6C. 3, 1873. 

Potato-Bug Bill (from the country). William Courtright. 

Jack O’Lantern (Servant of house). John Gilbert. 

James Allspice ( “ “ ). Charles Armstrong. 

Mr. Straight (Innkeeper). James Lawrence. 


TIME OF PLAYING-FIFTEEN MINUTES. 


SCENE.—Plain chamber in fourth grooves. 


4 u. e. 4 u. R. 



PROPERTIES. 

Small bed r., with one sheet and pillow ; strings running from each 
off r. 3 e. ; table l. ; strings from table l. 3 e. ; candle and candle¬ 
stick, with string to l,3e,; valise r. c., night shirt inside, strings from 
both to r. 2 e. ; dummy man r. 1 e. ; large knife r. 1 e. ; large hand 
bellows* r. 1 e. ; two hats with strings to pull hats off r. and l. 1 e. ; 
chair l. with string running to l. 2 e. ; loaded pistol and pair of box¬ 
ing-gloves r. 2 e. ; loaded pistol and pair boxing-gloves l. 1 e. ; scroll 
of paper or truncheon, helmet and piece of gauze l. 1 e. ; paper win¬ 
dow in flat r. 


DRESSES.— Modern. 


















THE MOTOR BELLOWS. 


SCENE.— Jack and Jim discovered. 

Jim. It’s all up with us now, Jack, but we’ve had this room for some 
time to ourselves to play cards and meet our friends in, but now I un¬ 
derstand the old man has rented it. 

Jack. Yes; so he has; but if you will do as I tell you,we will make 
this new tenant think he is in a lunatic asylum, instead of a hotel. 

Potato-Bug Bill, outside, r. 1 k. 

Bill. I don’t exactly like this room, it’s too small. Let me see the 
one you spoke about up stairs. 

Mr. Straight {from without). All right ; follow me. 

Jack. Now, here they come up to this room ; remember now, do as 
I do when the old man leaves, and the room will soon be vacant again. 

[Jim exits r. 2 e. .Jack exits l. 1 e. 

Enter Mr Straight, r. I e„ followed by Potato-Bug Bill. 

Mr. S. How will this suit you ? 

Bill. First class, this will; I aint particular, I want plenty of air. 
Just come down from (some town near by). I come down to see the 
sights. I come down to have a good time, and Pm goin’ to have it if 
it costs me a dollar and a quarter. I don’t care any more for money 
than a man does for his life. 

Mr. S. Well, good-night. ( trying to get away.) 

Bill. Good-night; but I tell you I am going to combine business 
with pleasure. I am what some people call a drummer. 

Mr. S. You play the drum? 

Bill. No, sir ; I am a travelling salesman. 

Mr. S. Why do they call you a drummer ? 

Bill. Well, I suppose it’s because we beat the people. I shall have 
to sell you something before I leave. Now I have, sir, a little package 
that contaius the greatest combination of medical properties that ever 
the sun shone on. I call it my Balsam of Cornucopia, or Lightning 
Wart and Bunion Eradicator. 

Mr. S. No ; nothing of that kind for me. Good-night, (starting to 
go.) 

Then again I have here a new motive power that will do away with 
steam entirely. Nothing like it for railroading. We don’t need steam 




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THE MOTOR BELLOWS. 


engines. All you have to do is to put this ( meaning bellows ) behind a 
train of cars, and {blowing bellows) Chicago in fifteen minutes. 

Mr. S. Wonderful. 

Bill. For tunnelling it beats the world. Place this against a hill and 
(blowing ) there is a hole right through. 

Mr. S. Wonderful. 

Bill. Put a hole right through you. 

Mr. S. No, no. 

Bill. Blow your roof off] 

Mr. S. No, no. 

Bill But I have something that will come in your line. 

Mr. S. Ah, what is it? 

Bill. An entirely new and original preparation for removing dandruff 
from butter. 

Mr. S. Bah ! no dandruff on my butter. I’ll have to bid you good¬ 
night, I’m very busy these times. [Exit, r. 1 e. 

Bill. Good-night, {going to r.) 

Enter Jack silently and stands c. Arms and legs extended, mouth 
and eyes open, having the appearance of a wild man. Bill, in 
turning round, discovers him and is frightened. Bill turns 
away from Jack, who exits l. 1 e. 

Bill. Landlord, landlord ! hotel, anybody ! 

Mr. S. [entering r. 1 e.) Well, what’s all this noise about] 

Bill. Noise, no noise ; but put that gorilla out. {p>ointing to where 
Jack stood.) 

Mr. S. I see nothing, sir. 

Bill. Well, there was something there. When you went out I 
turned and saw standing there something like this {imitating Jack.) 

Mr. S Ha, ha, ha! Nonsense, I can’t believe it, sir ; it’s your imagi¬ 
nation. Perhaps you’ve been drinking, sir ] 

Bill. I haven’t had a drink in fifteen minutes. 

Mr. S. Well, there’s a good fellow, go to bed, sleep will quiet your 
nerves. Good-night. [Exit, r. 1 e. 

Bill. Well, perhaps he’s right, {going to table.) 

Enter Jack and .Tim from r. and l., going quickly and noiselessly up 
behind Bill; when Bill turns Jack and Jim point fingers and 
make ai hissing noise with the lips like p. c. t., jumping fantasti¬ 
cally and retiring r. and l. 

Bill. Landlord, whoop-la ! Come in here. 

Mr. S. Well, sir; what is the matter] 

Bill. More gorillas or something come iu here and {imitating Jack 
and Jim). I can’t stand it much longer. 

Mr. S. Well, sir; I see it’s a plain case. 

Bill. I should say it was. 

Mr. S. Jim-jams. 

Bill. Jim-jims ! What’s Jim-jims] 

Mr. S. Too much liquor, a disordered brain. Take my advice and 
go to bed; get a wet towel and put it on your head. If you call again 
I’ll bring a physician. 

Bill. If you call again bring a policeman. 


TIIE MOTOR BELLOWS. 


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Mr. S. Go put a wet towel on your head, and don’t go to bed with 
your boots on. 

Bill. I guess the bugs won’t hurt them. 

[Exit Straight, r. 1 e. Bill goes to table, taking off coat. 
Well, I’ll try to go to bed. ( lays bellows on chair l., 'with muzzle of bel¬ 
lows pointing towards valise on floor ix.) 

Enter Jack and Jim r. and l. with pistols. Meeting in c., grappling 
each other by the throat, puts pistols over the other's shoulder and 
fire, both retiring as if shot. Bill, in the meantime, holloas Help, 
murder, don’t shoot, etc., crawling under the bed. 

Mr. S. ( entering r. 1 e.). What is the cause of this noise I ( looking 
around room) Where is he ? 

Bill ( looking from under bed). Have you seen anything of my 
valise 1 

Mr. S. {angrily). There is your valise before your very eyes. 

Bill {coming from under bed). Oh, yes. 

Mr. S. Now, sir; tell me what is the cause of all this noise'? 

Bill. What noise? 

Mr. S. What noise? Why the firing of pistols and shouting of mur¬ 
der, sir ? 

Bill. I didn’t hear anything. 

Mr. S. Didn’t hear anything 1 Either you or I am a fool. 

Bill. I guess you’ve got ’em Jim-jims. Go put a wet towel on your 
head. 

Mr. S. Now, my good fellow, go to bed. 

Bill I would if I had a chance. 

Mr. S. Well, good-night again. ' [ Exit r. 1 e. 

Bill. Well, I’ll try it once more. 

Bill goes to valise, opens and takes out night-dress, which is instantly 
pulled off 2 e. r. by string which is attached. Bill goes and turns 
the bellows around, which is on a chair , which he imagines has 
bloiced it off; then goes to bed,ichich he finds very hard; gets 
into bed and says: 

Bill. Good-night. 

Enter Jim from r. 1 e., having dummy by the throat in the left hand, 
and knife in the rigid hand, exclaiming : 

Jim. Ah, villain, I have tracked you, I have sworn to have your 
heart’s blood, {stabbing dummy and throwing it on the bed) Ah, ha, 
the deed is done. [Exit, r. 2 e. 

Bill. Murder ! murder ! murder ! murder ! 

Enter Mr. Straight, from r. 

Mr. S. What is the matter now ? 

Bill. There is that Jim-jims there, he is murdered in my room. 

Mr. S. Ha, ha, ha! That is what I call a good joke. 

Bill. Yes; that’s what you call fun. 

Mr. S. Of course; don’t you see it’s only a man stuffed with straw. 


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THE MOTOR BELLOWS. 


(Bill takes dummy, looks at it, hits it with his fist, then throws it off 
r. 2 E.) 

Enter Jack, l. 1 e., with gauze and helmet on head and truncheon in 
hand a la Hamlet's Ghost, icalks to c. and stops. 

Jack. I am thy father’s ghost. (Mr. Straight and Bill look at 
each ether in astonishment. Bill then goes cautiously and kicks Jack 
behind. Jack says Oh ! and exits k. 1 e., hurriedly ,) 

Bill. Then did you see that Jim-jim ? 

Mu. S. (laughing). I see how it is. I have a couple of servants who 
are in the habit of meeting their friends in this room, and they are try¬ 
ing to scare you out of it. 

Bill. Is that so ? well, we’ll go for them. (takes bellows and bloics 
light on table, which is pulled quickly off l. 3 e., by a string which is 
attached.) 

Enter Jim and Jack from r. and l. with gloves, who start to spar and 
then go for Bill. Bill and Mr. Straight go for them, fighting 
them off l. and r., then Bill fights Straight off r. 3 e. ; then 
knocks about generally and knocks himself down , getting up gets 
bellows. Blows vedise off r. 2 e., chair off l. 2 e., bed-clothes off 
r. 3 e., then table off l. 3 e., then bedstead off r. 3 e.. all of which 
have strings attached and pulled by parties in the icings. Then 
Jack enters l. with hat on. Bill blowsliat off, then bloics Jack off 
l. Enter Jim r., with hat on. Bill blows hat off first, then Jim, r. 1 
e. Enter Mr. Straight, r. 3 e. Bill blows him through paper 
window in fiat, and finish. 

CLOSE IN QUICK. 


STAGE DIRECTIONS. 

R means Right of Stage, facing the Audience ; L. Left; C. Centre ; R. C. Right 
of Centre.; L. C. Left of Centre. D. F. Door in the Flat, or Scene running across 
the back of the Stage ; C. D. F. Centre Door in the Flat; R. D. F. Right Door in 
the Flat; L. D. F. Left Door in the Flat; R. D. Right Door ; L. D. Left Door ; 1 
E. First Entrance ; 2 E. Second Entrance; U. E. Upper Entrance ; 1, 2 or 3 G. 
First, Second or Third Groove. 

R. R. C. C. L. C. 

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DE WITT’S ACTING PLAYS (Continued). 


No. M. F. 

144. Lancashire Lass, melodrama, 5 acts.12 3 
34. Larkins’ Love Letters, farce, 1 act.. 3 2 
137. L’Article 47, drama, 3 acts..11 5 

111. Liar (The), comedy, 2 acts. 7 2 

119. Life Chase, drama, 5 acts.14 5 

165. Living Statue (The), farce, 1 act_ 3 2 

48. Little Annie’s Birthday, farce, 1 act. 2 4 

32. Little Rebel, farce, 1 act. 4 3 

164. Little Ruby, drama, 3 acts. 6 6 

109. Locked In, comedietta, 1 act. 2 2 

85. Locked In with a Lady, sketch, 1 act. 1 1 

87. Locked Out, comic scene. 1 2 

143. Lodgers and Dodgers, farce, 1 act.. 4 2 
189. Leap Year, musical duality, 1 act... 1 1 
163. Marcoretti, drama, 3 acts.10 3 

154. Maria and Magdalena, play, 4 acts . 8 6 
63. Marriage at Any Price, farce, 1 act. 5 3 
39. Master Jones’ Birthday, farce, 1 act. 4 2 

7. Maud’s Peril, drama, 4 acts. 5 3 

49. Midnight Watch, drama, 1 act. 8 2 

15. Milky White, drama, 2 acts. 4 2 

46. Miriam’s Crime, drama, 3 acts. 5 2 

51. Model of a Wife, farce, 1 act. 3 2 

184. Money, comedy, 5 acts.17 3 

108. Mr. Scroggins, farce, 1 act__3 3 

188. Mr. X., farce, 1 act. 3 3 

169. My Uncle’s Suit, farce, 1 act. 4 1 

130. My Wife’s Diary, farce, 1 act. 3 1 

92. My Wife’s Out, farce, 1 act. 2 2 

193. My Walking Photograph, musical 

duality, 1 act . 1 1 

140. Never Reckon Your Chickens, etc., 

farce, 1 act. 3 4 

115. New Men and Old Acres, comedy, 3 8 5 

2. Nobody’s Child, drama, 3 acts. 8 3 

57. Noemie, drama, 2 acts. 4 4 

104. No Name, drama, 5 acts. 7 5 

112. Not a Bit Jealous, farce, 1 act. 3 3 

185. Not So Bad as We Seem, play, 5 acts.14 3 

84. Not Guilty, drama, 4 acts.10 6 

117. Not Such a Pool as He Looks, drama, 

3 acts. 5 4 

171. Nothing Like Paste, farce, 1 act_3 1 

14. No Thoroughfare, drama, 5 acts and 

prologue.13 6 

173. Off the Stage, comedietta, 1 act_3 3 

176. On Bread and Water, farce, 1 act... 1 2 
90. Only a Halfpenny, farce, 1 act.2 2 

170. Only Somebody, farce, 1 act.4 2 

33. One too Many for Him, farce, 1 act. 2 3 

3. £100,000, comedy, 3 acts. 8 4 

97. Orange Blossoms, comedietta, 1 act. 3 3 
66. Orange Girl, drama, in prologue 

and 3 acts. 18 4 

172. Ours, comedy, 3 acts. 6 3 

94. Our Clerks, farce, 1 act. 7 5 

45. Our Domestics, comedy farce, 2 acts 6 6 

155. Our Heroes, military play. 5 acts.. .24 5 
178. Out at Sea, drama in prologue and 

4 acts. 16 5 

147. Overland Route, comedy, 3 acts_11 5 

156. Peace at Any Price, farce, 1 act_ 1 1 

82. Peep o’Day, drama, 4 acts.12 4 

127. Peggy Green, farce, 1 act.3 10 

23. Petticoat Parliament, extravaganza, 

in one act.15 24 

62. Photographic Fix, farce, 1 act. 3 2 


No. m. F. 

61. Plot and Passion, drama, 3 acts.... 7 2 
138. Poll and Partner Jce, burlesque, 1 

act.10 3 

110. Poppleton’s Predicaments, farce, 13 6 

50. Porter’s Knot, drama, 2 acts.8 2 

59. Post Boy, drama, 2 acts. 5 3 

95. Pretty Horse-Breaker, farce, 1 act.. 3 10 
181 and 182. Queen Mary, drama, 4 acts.38 8 

157. Quite at Home, comedietta, 1 act... 5 2 
196. Queerest Courtship (The), comic op 

eretta, 1 act.>. 1 1 

132. Race for a Dinner, farce, 1 act.10 

183. Richelieu, play, 5 acts.16 2 

38. Rightful Heir, drama, 5 acts.10 2 

77. Roll of the Drum, drama, 3 acts_8 4 

13. Ruy Bias, drama, 4 acts.12 4 

194. Rum, drama, 3 acts. 7 4 

195. Rosemi Shell, travesty, 1 act, 4 

scenes.. 6 3 

158. School, comedy, 4 acts.6 6 

79. Sheep in Wolf’s Clothing, drama, 17 5 

37. Silent Protector, farce, 1 act. 3 2 

35. Silent Woman, farce, 1 act.2 1 

43. Sisterly Service, comedietta, 1 act.. 7 2 
6. Six Months Ago, comedietta, 1 act. 2 1 

10. Snapping Turtles, duologue, 1 act.. 1 1 

26. Society, comedy, 3 acts.16 5 

78. Special Performances, farce, 1 act.. 7 3 

31. Taming a Tiger, farce, 1 act. 3 

150. Tell-Tale Heart, comedietta, 1 act.. 1 2 
120. Tempest in a Teapot, comedy, 1 act. 2 1 
146. There’s no Smoke Without Fire, 

comedietta, 1 act. 1 2 

83. Thrice Married, personation piece, 

1 act. i . 6 1 

42. Time and the Hour, drama, 3 acts.. 7 3 

27. Time and Tide, drama, 3 acts and 

prologue. 7 5 

133. Timothy to the Rescue, farce, 1 act. 4 2 
153. ’Tis Better to Live than to Die, 

farce, 1 act. 2 1 

134. Tompkins the Troubadour, farce, 13 2 

29. Turning the Tables, farce, 1 act_5 3f* 

168. Tweedie’s Rights, comedy, 2 acts.. 4 2 
126. Twice Killed, farce, 1 act. 6 3 

56. Two Gay Deceivers, farce, 1 act_3 

123. Two Polts, farce, 1 act. 4 4 

198. Twin Sisters (The), comic operetta, 

1 act. 3 1 

162. Uncle’s Will, comedietta, 1 act. 2 1 

106. Up for the Cattle Show, farce, 1 act. 6 2 
81. Vandyke Brown, farce, 1 act. 3 3 

124. Volunteer Review, farce, 1 act.6 6 

91. Walpole, comedy, 3 acts. 7 2 

118. Wanted, a Young Lady, farce, 1 act. 3 

44. War to the Knife, comedy, 3 acts... 5 4 
105. Which of the Two? comedietta, 1 act 2 10 

98. Who is Who? fa^ce, 1 act.3 2 

12. Widow Hunt, comedy, 3 acts.4 4 

5. William Tell with a Vengeance, 

burlesque. 8 2 

136. Woman in Red, drama, 3 acts and 

prologue.. 6 

161. Woman’s Vows and Mason’s Oaths, 

4 acts.10 4 

11. Woodcock’s Little Game, farce, 2 4 4 
54. Young Collegian (Cantab.), farce, 1 3^ 3 



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